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Zyzz
Junior Chimp
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« on: June 26, 2015, 05:05:49 PM » |
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« edited: June 26, 2015, 05:26:39 PM by Zyzz »
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WV : Up until relatively recently US elections were much more class based. The Democrats being the party of FDR and unions were perceived as the party for the working man. The average working class guy in WV's dad and granddad and all voted straight ticket Democrat since 1932. Republican's were the party of the Chamber of Commerce and the upper middle class or the wealthy. They were the party your boss voted for. So in a poor state like WV they even voted for Dukakis and Carter because they saw the Democrats as being the party of labor and the working man. Obviously since then social issues such as gun control, environmentalism and coal came into play which caused the state to trend right.
VA: Obviously a huge part of the trend is migration of Yankees working for the federal government from the Northeast, and blacks moving in from the DC area. These northerners bring with them their more moderate and Liberal views compared to the native southerners. Another trend is that historically Republicans had great appeal to the wealthy, highly educated, science respecting suburbanites in NOVA. Republicans are now toxic to these types of people in suburban northern cities. The Democrats move to appeal to the 'wine' track while ditching the 'beer' track has done wonders in Virginia, while costing them WV.
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